The famous cycle of stories by Sholom Aleichem (1859–1916) “In the Small World of Little People” and the story “Summer Novels” have not been republished in Russia for a long time. Some stories were translated for the first time for this collection. On the pages of this book you will meet the inhabitants of a fictional village that is not on any geographical map - Kasrilovka. But this is where many of Sholom Aleichem's favorite heroes lived; from here the famous boy Motl left for America. Friendly, full of optimism and inexhaustible humor, these stories are still read with no less interest today than a hundred years ago.